Field tour program Day 1: Ubombo estate two sites

Travelling from Durban to Swaziland

Lunch at the Ghost in Resort

Border crossing

Travelling to Ubombo sugar estate

 

Divide into two groups:

Site 1

Majombe Farm

  • Over view of the Ubombo estate from the Agriculture Manager

  • Cluster House – explanation about the project

  • End line flushing new product trial

  • Other sugarcane practice – general about Ubombo way of growing sugarcane

  • Q&A

Site 2

Nyetane

Farm

  • Furrowing and Sub surface drip installation (weather dependent)

  • Planting and covering process

  • Germination

  • Q&A

  

Field tour program Day 2: Simunye Project and Tambankulo Estate

Morning session at RSSC Auditorium

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Greetings

10:30– 11:10

Presentation about RSSC

 

Divide into two groups:

Site 1

 Simunye Project

  • Over view of the Simunye Project

  • Cluster House

  • Large scale project management: RSSC methods of managing 13,000ha of drip irrigation

  • Q&A 

Lunch at the Symunye Country Club

Site 2

Tambankulo Estate

  • Observation of Soil pit

  • Demonstration of irrigation scheduling using soil probes

  • Visit Swaziland Sugarcane Museum